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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
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Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
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Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
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·Typical PV solar panels are roof mounted and requires another structural frame to support the panel. Mounting brackets can penetrate the roofing and cause leaks.
·Solar hot-water panels have the same problems; leaking piping requires replacing panels.
·Re-roofing requires removal of PV and hot-water panels.
Galvanochemical process can be used for water treatment and decontamination, as well as for production of a vast rage of chemicals and compounds, such as oxides, hydroxides, salts, etc.
One of the driving forces in the galvanochemical process are ferrous and ferric ions, because they are responsible for transforming chromium ions (6+) to (3+),
The theft device is located in the front exterior windshield glass and laminated on the exterior rear glass of an automobile. The words “STOLEN” or “CARJACKED” will illuminate on the exterior windshield or rear glass when improper entry has occurred.
For example, when a car has been started with the key,
Conventional
high speed dental handpieces are difficult to clean. In the process of drilling noise or vibration is produced. Another problem is bacteria enters the head of the handpiece so diseases (like viral hepatitis or AIDS) may be transmitted to other dental patients.
Stimulation Waveform and System for Polarity Independent Cardiac Resynchronization
Cardiac resynchronization by electrical stimulation can increase heart performance and avoid the need for heart transplantation for patients with heart failure. Resynchronization is achieved with electric pulses delivered from multiple electrodes in multiple regions of the heart. When conventional cardiac stimulation pulse waveforms are used,
The personal “Golf Ball Washer” is a concept product for addressing an inconvenient aspect of our beloved game. Often the course supplied ball washers are either empty or contaminated from previous players. This product addresses these issues by providing a personalized unit that rides in the cup holder of any golf cart or can be attached to your bag.
Amazon is a architectural speaker system inspired by the goddess of the moon. It is an artistic vision and concretisation of the divine. Speakers are protected by a moulded mask permeable to the sound. Its canonical face is universal in all civilizations around the world while its silkscreen printed cover can adapt that mask to different countries and cultures.
Die Tiere mit der mehr entwickelten Nase über den Körper gaben szag-i Mittelkampfstoff aus es wird wahrgenommen, und wer es geschätzt wird. So jemand anderer seine Kombination der sich fürchtende, der aggressive, sind Sie der Angreifer oder der Patient, oder derjenige mit einer am meisten verschiedenen Zustandabsicht für people_nation.today würde bereits ein so schnell das Analysieren erreichbar sein,
The need for green energy is increasing these days. This need may be met by incorporating one technology with another inter dependable technology.
Usually optical fibers are used to transmit data by using light as the carrier way. Likewise photovoltaic layers produce energy on exposure to light.
The Flipper is a revolutionary – pun intended – new toy: simple, fun to play with, yet technically sophisticated. The technology behind the toy is an innovative revolution counter and register for a rotating body in free space. The Flipper toy is cylindrical in shape, about a foot long, about 1 inch in diameter, weighing only ounces,
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